Paddy production touches peak
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Cultivation area increasing thanks to KLIP
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Cultivation area increasing thanks to KLIP
Thanks to Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), Godavari water that was lifted for about 500 metres has made Siddipet district a green carpet with paddy production touching its peak.
Paddy cultivation area has been increasing in the district for the last three seasons with 64,079 hectares in 2019-20 rabi, followed by 87,927 hectares in 2020-21 kharif and 1.01 lakh hectares in 20212 rabi. The worth of paddy produced in the current season was put at ₹1,600 crore and this achievement was being attributed to irrigation from Godavari water.
Heavy lift to quench Telangana’s thirst
The Godavari waters from Kondapochamma reservoir of the Kaleshwaram scheme is now flowing into its tributary Manjeera via Haldivagu, a local stream.
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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (File photo| EPS)
Execution of irrigation projects and canals is not new but interlinking river basins and sub-basins within a state is certainly laudable. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao recently launched a reverse link that connects Godavari river to one of its tributaries, Manjeera, through a canal. The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project involving several barrages, aqueducts, tunnels all to lift hundreds of tmcft of water from Godavari to bring irrigation to lakhs of acres in almost the entire North Telangana region has crossed another milestone.
Nabard supports Telangana with ₹20,000 crore during 2020-21
April 08, 2021
× National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has provided ₹20,000 crore to Telangana during the financial year ended March 2021 for various programmes.
According to YK Rao, Chief General Manager, Nabard, Telangana his bank provided ₹13,915 crore to the banks for lending towards crop loans as well as term loans in the State.
Out of this, ₹100 crore was disbursed to the beneficiaries of Nabard-supported watershed areas.
An amount of Rs ₹6,633 crore was provided to the State for creating enabling infrastructure in the rural areas.
Similarly, support was extended to irrigation projects too. Over ₹4,600 crore was sanctioned to Mallanna Sagar reservoir under Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project and an amount of ₹2,394.70 crore was disbursed during FY21.
Residents gone, houses too are disappearing
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Houses at Erravalli village being demolished for steel and wood
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Houses at Erravalli village being demolished for steel and wood
The only inhabitants of this once-bustling village appear to be the stray dogs roaming around the empty streets. Erravalli in Kondapaka mandal of Siddipet district will get submerged under Mallannasagar, a part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP).
The village is completely deserted but for five families. Two women, one young and the other elderly, are in a heated argument with Ramulu, Sarpanch Balamani’s husband, alleging injustice meted out to them over payment of compensation.